Harness-terret.



L. B. HOYT & E. E. CURRIER.

HARNESS FERRET.

APPLICATION FILED 23.27, 1914.

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LESLIE 1B. I-IOYT, 0F ATHENS, MAINE, AND ERNEST E. CUBRIER, 0FWHITEFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed February 27, 1914. Serial No. 821,419.

ERNEST E. GURRIER, of Athens, in the county;

of Somerset and State, of Maine, and Whitefield, county of Coos, Stateof New Hampshire, respectively, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Harness: Terrets, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to a harness terret of that class which isconstructed with a lateral opening to enable the rein to be insertedfrom the side or top and without threading through the terret.

The object of our invention is to utilize such a terret as a means ofusing the regular reins for preventing the horse from lowering his headto feed from the ground and also to prevent him from turning his headsidewise more than a limited amount. We accomplish this object bysecuring to the reins in rear of the terret a clamp which is larger thanthe opening through the terret.

Our invention may best be illustrated by means of the accompanyingdrawing, in which is shown a harness saddle provided with our terretstogether with the rein provided with the clamp.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a harness saddle showingone of our terrets in position, Fig. 2 is a front eleva- 1 tion of theindividual terret, Fig. 3 is a plan of the terret, and Fig. 4: is anelevation of the clamp showing the rein in section.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the saddle, B is one of ourturrets, C is one I of the reins and D is the bit. I

The terret is generally circular in form and is made with a main opening5 which is preferably a little larger than the rein so that, thelatter'is a fairly close fit. The main opening 5 extends with parallelupper and lower edges from side to side of the terret. The upper portionof the terret is cut away to form a lateral opening 6 connecting withthe main opening and through the opening 6 the rein may be insertedwithout being threaded through the main opening of the terret. Theopening I) as here shown connects with one end of the main openingand itextends upwardly and in a curved line to the top of the terret. Fromfront to rear the opening makes an angle with the face of a terret sothere is no danger of the rein accidentally being thrown out of theterret.

In rear of the terret we secure to the rein a clamp E which is largerthan the main opening in the terret so that it constitutes a stop whichprevents the rein from being drawn through the terret, except for alimited distance. The clamp is formed of two halves, with a recessbetween them fitting over the rein and a screw for holding the twohalves together. The clamp thus acts to convert the ordinary rein into acheck rein for certain purposes that is, it prevents the horse fromlowering his head far enough to feed from the ground. The terret may beused with or without the clamp being much more convenient than theordinary terret in which it is necessary to thread the rein through fromfront to rear.

We claim A harness terret having a horizontally elongated main openingand a restricted auxiliary opening extending from the said main openingobliquely upward to the top of the terret and making an angle with thefaces of the terret for releasing the rein laterally.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures, in presence of twowitnesses.

LESLIE B. HOYT. ERNEST E. CURRIER. Witnesses:

FRED. A. WILLEY, M. D. TowNE.

fiopiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. 0.

